Friday, December 09, 2016, 9:11 p.m.

Airliner with 239 aboard missing

By COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPOR

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia Airlines said today that it lost contact with a plane carrying 239 people on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and search and rescue teams were still trying to locate the aircraft several hours later.